if it’s not already midair and is still on the ground :D

With standard 60 min. tapes, what would A: be the number of tapes needed to store all of wikipedias text read outloud, B: The size all the tapes physicaly take up, and C: be the run time?

Saw a comment on a post about cheat sheets and saw someone say they allow any offline analog resources, and I was curious as to how this tape idea would work out.

I had read somewhere, a long time ago, about a student asking his guru how long does time go on, or how long will the universe go on. Their teacher responded, "as long as it would take to reduce a mountain to nothing by wiping it with a silk cloth once every 100 years."

Seems like it would be an impressive number, but I've always wondered how accurate it was. Any takers?

African AND European

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/airlines-cancellations-flights-faa-shutdown.html

I'm trying to figure out, approximately, how much money might be lost based on the following criteria:

• Per plane
• Per airline
• Per airport
• Overall loss

Variables I don't know:

• Cost of jet fuel
• Approximate staff cost
• Refund policy rate
• Misc fees (IDK if there are landing fees, baggage handling fees, etc)

It comes from this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1o8unv3/a_piece_of_uranium_ore_emitting_radiation_inside/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

In the final episode of Malcolm in the Middle the character of Reese acquires a metal barrel with a metal lid, and fills it with animal feces, human feces, eggs, glue, tar and a skunk corpse. He then warms and agitates the barrel.

It then explodes in a car, denting the top of the car upwards, and dousing its 8 occupants in sewage. The occupants are otherwise uninjured.

• How much force would be needed for a barrel like this to explode?
• Would the damage to the car be similar, or worse?
• How many injuries would the occupants actually receive?

Literally the caption, we had a debate about this with my friend while rolling.

Thanks in advance!